Quotes About Talent

Some people seem to think that good dancers are born, but all the good dancers I have known are taught or trained.

Skills are never taught, they are acquired. I can give you a camera, but can't feed your vision.

Learn to hide your need and show your skill.

If you live through the initial stage of fame and get past it, and remember thats not who you are. If you live past that, then you have a hope of maybe learning how to spell the word artist.

Of all composers, past and present, I am the least learned. I mean that in all seriousness, and by learning I do not mean knowledge of music.

The world cannot afford to lose the talents of half it's people if we are to solve the many problems that beset us.

Genius is an exceedingly common human quality, probably natural to most of us.

I may be learning guitar, but I'll never be able to sing.

Talent comes with an individual name tag.

Whether one has natural talent or not, any learning period requires the willingness to suffer uncertainty and embarrassment.

The quickest way to unlock your talent is to take the flute out of the box.

I think Nick Markakis is a perennial All-Star, and nobody knows about him. I think people are learning about how good he is.

Good programmers know what's beautiful and bad ones don't.

You've got to win in sports - that's talent - but you've also got to learn how to remind everybody how you did win, and how often. That comes with experience.

Every kid has something they're good at, that you hope they find and gravitate toward.

On being: Arrogance is not the prerogative of the gifted.

I started learning the piano at the age of 4 or 5, so I think I already liked music then.

Your greatest asset is your learning ability. The ordinary stroke their egos - the exceptional polishes their craft

I got started when I was 3 years old because my father was a music teacher and my lessons were free. Instead of learning to walk, you learn to play the piano.

Birds do not attend music school, but compose timeless masterpieces.

We are going to make sure that America is open to legal immigration because that is wealth and the talent and the entrepreneurial skills for the 21st Century.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.

When you do something best in life, you don't really want to give that up - and for me it's tennis.